Page 1 of 1

Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 10:31
by Leonard Hatred
Talk to me 

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 07 Aug 2025, 13:20
by Pub Bigot
I’d love to visit, but Mrs Bigot has zero interest in Japan. So I’ll go eventually, but not anytime soon. 

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 07 Aug 2025, 10:32
by Far Cough UKunt
Tomshardware wrote: 07 Aug 2025, 08:31
El Scorchio" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 13:32
On The Ball" wrote: 05 Aug 2025, 10:37 Read up on the people who were at Hiroshima AND Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped. Bonkers.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings,[sup][1][/sup] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi

Bloke survived the Hiroshima bomb, then went to Nagasaki to recuperate and survived that one.... Extraordinary
That's about as bad luck as you can have, miracle he survived.
I bet he glows in the dark?

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 07 Aug 2025, 08:31
by Tomshardware
El Scorchio" wrote: 06 Aug 2025, 13:32
On The Ball" wrote: 05 Aug 2025, 10:37 Read up on the people who were at Hiroshima AND Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped. Bonkers.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings,[sup][1][/sup] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi

Bloke survived the Hiroshima bomb, then went to Nagasaki to recuperate and survived that one.... Extraordinary
That's about as bad luck as you can have, miracle he survived.

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 06 Aug 2025, 14:42
by Far Cough UKunt
What the fuck was that?

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 06 Aug 2025, 14:18
by Swiss.
Is it pronounced Hero-sheema or Here-rosh-imma ? 

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 06 Aug 2025, 13:46
by BerlingtonBertie
Fried Nips

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 06 Aug 2025, 13:33
by El Scorchio
wils wrote: 05 Aug 2025, 10:35 Great documentary on BBC iPlayer, Atomic People. I was fairly ignorant of the details of what happened on the ground and that there are survivors walking around today. This is well worth a watch.
It is a really good doc. There was a good one about the Kamikaze pilots the other week too. Crazy stuff

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 06 Aug 2025, 13:32
by El Scorchio
On The Ball" wrote: 05 Aug 2025, 10:37 Read up on the people who were at Hiroshima AND Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped. Bonkers.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 160 people are known to have been affected by both bombings,[sup][1][/sup] he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi

Bloke survived the Hiroshima bomb, then went to Nagasaki to recuperate and survived that one.... Extraordinary

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 06 Aug 2025, 11:38
by Fauxstralian
It saved a lot of lives as the Japanese weren’t surrendering & would have fought on til the last man
Should have saved a couple of bombs for Berlin & Munich to wipe out the Nazis 
Very enthusiastic Nazis til they lost then basically pretended they weren’t 

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 06 Aug 2025, 10:09
by XKhammer
Bet memorial ceremony was a blast!

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 11:20
by Leonard Hatred
80 years ago tomorrow 

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 11:09
by WHU(Exeter)
Scratch that, they were more Nagasaki

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 11:08
by WHU(Exeter)
Crass, the band.

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 11:06
by mallard
Overkill 

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 11:00
by yngwies Cat
Song by Gary Moore.

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 10:39
by Lee Trundle
Takes the headlines away from Nagasaki.

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 10:37
by On The Ball
Read up on the people who were at Hiroshima AND Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped. Bonkers.

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 10:35
by On The Ball
Went there during the World Cup in 2002. It's a genuinely moving place - the dome building that survived is quite haunting. The museum is brilliant too.

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 10:35
by wils
Great documentary on BBC iPlayer, Atomic People. I was fairly ignorant of the details of what happened on the ground and that there are survivors walking around today. This is well worth a watch.

Re: Hiroshima

Posted: 05 Aug 2025, 10:35
by violator
kendo NAGASAKI